Book description
Jocelyn Guenevere Marchantiere Jones, sometime resident of
Scarsdale, educated at Bryn Mawr, has been brought up always to behave
like a lady. But what with chiselling divorce lawyers, fraudulent
financial advisors and importunate and oversezed suitors, the patience
of even the most impeccable lady might wear thin. Which is why Joy
ends up with a pair of matching Purdey shotguns across her knees and a
.38 Smith & Wesson under her pillow, waiting for the next lying
bastard to cross her threshold. Trigger-happy she may be, and no
longer quite welcome in polite society, but Joy Jones, one of J. P.
Donleavy's most inspired comic creations, will always follow her South
Carolina granny's advice on the matter of clean rest rooms, a
preference which has some rather surprising consequences.
